User Comments - xiaopaul

Posted on: Shanghai Expo: Haibao

I also wouldn't say that haibao is very beautiful, but it's in a certain tradition of World Expo mascots and compared to the others ...
(e.g. right "Twipsy" Expo 2000)

Posted on: How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People

Hi ousijia,

I think I remember from a previous lesson (Elementary/Yang Jie's Fury) that 你干吗？is not such a friendly expression. Would you agree to that?

Posted on: Return to the Hometown

ousijia, 谢谢你！

Posted on: Return to the Hometown

If "好，好，有空来我家玩儿"is just a simply phrase at the end of a conversation how could I reply to that？ A simple "好" would be o.k. or what else?

(btw: 大家新年好！）

Posted on: Christmas Carols

@lily_counselor

Thank you very much indeed for the greeting samples - very useful!

Posted on: The North Has Central Heating

I was unsuccessfully trying to find out WHY there is (still) no central heating in southern urban (modern) China. Probably not because of ecological or economical reasons, I guess.

Anybody who has some details? Thanks in advance!

Is it true that it was Chairman Mao who decided that anywhere south of the Yangtze river is "south" and therefore "warm"?

Posted on: Warm Winter Clothes

Is there any difference between Ｔ恤衫 and Ｔ恤?

Thanks in advance!